Oil-stove



. (No Model.)

W. H. WILDBR. OIL'STOVE.

No. 46'2.9;3Q;y Patented Nov. 10, 1891.

UNTTnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

VILLIAM Il. VILDER, OF NORTHAHPTON, MASSACIIUSETTS.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,936, dated November 10, 1891.

Application filed May 11, 1891. Serial No. 392,354. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. W1LDER,a citizen of the United States of America, re siding at Northampton (Florence,) in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to combine with the oil-stove in a simple manner an ornamental mask or front, which, besides improving the general appearance of the stove, will also serve to ,hold the mica in place.

The invention relates, particularly, to the manner of fixing the mask in place by means of contact with the base or cone plate and top or top grate, or with one of said parts andthe chimney, the same means which holds the chimney, top grate, and coneplate together being utilized fordrawingtwo of said parts in contact with the mask, and serving thus for holding the mask without additional means. The mask holds the mica either by itself alone or in conjunction with the chimney, which is provided with suitable notches to receive the edges of the mica.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of a lamp-stove with the mask in place. Fig. l is a detail view of a section through a portion of the mask on line aa', Fig. I. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a detail, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View of one modification of the manner of holding the mask in place by contact with two of the other parts.

In the drawings the base or cone plate A', the chimney B, and the top or top grate C are shown for convenience as constructed substantially the same as those heretofore used by me; but I do not limit myself to this precise arrangement. These parts are drawn together and held by a single bolt l and nut 2.

The mask D extends vertically between the cone-plate and top grate, and at its lowerand upper edges it is held by contact with parts of the said cone-plate and top plate which are preferably formed with small lugs, recesses e, Figs. l and 1f", or depressions to afford suitable bearings for the mask. When in proper vertical position the mask is held by turning the nut 2, and thus drawing the parts together and into Contact.

The mask is of ornamental form, and thus improves the appearance of the stove Without materially increasing the expense of manufacture. It is also utilized as a holder for the mica, and is provided with openings 3 of the size desired for the lighting-openings, andthen the mask when put in place bears againstits edges between the points where the notches 5 are located, and thus holds it firmly in place. Instead of this, the mica may be held entirely by the mask alone, for which purpose suitable seats or notches are formed therein when this feature is utilized.

It will be seen that the ornamental front or mask can be readily removed by simply loosening the main bolt l, and the mica can then be removed and a new mask put on.

I do not limit myself to the particular means for holding the parts in contact, as other ways may be employed instead of the uut and bolt,

as in my former patent, No. 411,209, granted September I7, 1889. Furtherthan this, my invention is broad enough to include an arrangement in which the mask is held by engaging the chimney at one edge and the coneplate at the other edge, as in Fig. 3,01 the obvious reversal of this arrangement, the mask engaging the top grate at its upper edge and the chimneyat its lower edge. In this form the chimney would have tongues struck out to engage the edge of the mask or holes to receive lugs projecting from the mask. The eect would be substantially the same in this arrangement oriu the first described, the essential feature being that the mask be held by engaging the other parts without employing additional means for the purpose.

It will be understood that the terms coneplate and top plate as used herein are meant to desi gnate any suitable base and top.

; plate, top, and Chimney held together in a suitable way and a mask between the baseplate and topl held in place by engaging said base-plate and copy-.substantially as described.

3. In combination, in 'a lamp-stove, the baseplate, top, and chimney, the mica, and a holder therefor, consisting` of a mask held in place by engaging two of said parts,`substantially as described.

4. In combination, in alamp-stove, the base- 

